Flash 5.0: Graphics, Animation and Interactivity

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 640 pages
• Published by: OnWord Press
• Edition: 1st Edition November 28, 2000
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 076682909X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0766829091
• Book Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.5 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 2.5 pounds

Product Description
Flash 5: Graphics, Animation & Interactivity, 2E with Flash, fully updated to the latest release, demonstrates how you can create a web site with maximum effect and a limited file size. Macromedia Flash is explained in a straightforward, easy to understand manner and includes examples of the most common Flash functions. In addition to complete coverage of vector animation commonly associated with Flash, ad banners, buttons, and animated corporate logos are also addressed. Learn how to integrate sound with animation, create vector images with transparency, and create quick loading animated sequences to play while the rest of the web content downloads. This book is the perfect learning tool and desk reference for anyone involved with web design.

About The Author
James Mohler is a Senior Research Scientist and Associate Professor at Purdue University, where he currently leads a highly talented group of artists and programmers who are building Purdue¿s next-generation web presence. He is also serving as the SIGGRAPH 2005 Conference Chair, where he will be responsible for the largest computer graphics and interactive techniques conference in the world. James Mohler is the author or co-author of more than twenty computer books.

Reader Reviews
This is a good and useful book, but it could be better. Each function is presented first with explanatory prose, then with step-by-step instructions. The explanatory prose doesn't make any sense until after going through the step-by-step instructions. After a few chapters, I decided that "Flash 5 Hands-on Training" (0201731347) was easier to understand, so I switched books. Neither book, however, gives clear instructions on how to create navigation buttons. I had to spend hours of trial and error. Nor does either book explain how to make input boxes and provide feedback for an educational program. I am having to purchase a few more Flash 5 manuals and hope that at least one of those manuals will help me.